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I just flipped the page on my calendar to August and realized that our Fall Semester is starting in three weeks! I better get my act together! And so should you. If you need continuing education/contact hours, or to take …Read more

Can you believe it is August already? That means our Fall Semester at Santiago Canyon College is right around the corner. Classes begin on August 27, and registration is now open. So let’s take a look at what we are …Read more

Happy New Year from MOST! And what will you be doing this year to advance your career in the Water industry? How about taking a course during the Spring Semester at Santiago Canyon College. We are offering thirteen full-semester courses, …Read more

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Monthly Archives: June 2010

Unbelievably, today’s title can be asked of the person most responsible for it, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. See the lead story in today’s LA Times at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold-water-20100630,0,5464745.story After several months of political machinations, the Governor and the California legislature put together …Read more

Where does the water go when it rains? The short answer, always, is “downhill.” And downhill ultimately means the ocean. But how does it get from my street to the ocean? And what is the quality of this “storm water”? …Read more

I have a brief plea to make of each of you. Blogging is not all that glamorous, and certainly not very profitable. About a week ago, ads began appearing around each day’s blog. I have not found them too distracting …Read more

The LA Times does a better job of getting me going in the morning than a cup of coffee. This is because of their uncanny ability to increase my blood pressure — naturally, without the use of chemicals. See this …Read more

I did not intend to give another water storage update so soon, but there have been a couple of important late season developments that are worth discussing today. As the latest graph from the California Department of Water Resources shows, …Read more

Today’s photo is another from my “fact-finding mission” last month to examine our water supply first hand. It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it! This is Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America, with a combined …Read more

Thanks to Luis Margheritis for today’s photo, which is of a newly revised sludge removal process. It seemed to be better than a picture of actual sludge for today’s topic.I have been fortunate to work with over 60 different water …Read more

The lead story in last Sunday’s LA Times was this article from Bettina Boxall — http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/scimedemail/la-me-water-drought-20100620,0,4400238.story. The online version of the story includes today’s photo of Lake Hollywood Reservoir. In essence, it posed the question in the title of today’s …Read more

Today is the first official day of Summer, also known as the Summer Solstice. It is the day with the longest time period from sunup until sundown in the northern hemisphere. Because of this, June 21 is sometimes known as …Read more

Thanks to Follower Mic for sending along this link about a month ago: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FBLI101.htm The Sacramento River Delta is the largest river delta on the west coast of the United States. It is remarkable for many things, including its unique …Read more

As a lifelong Laker fan, I couldn’t let the momentous occasion of the seventh game of the National Basketball Association championships pass without comment. But we still have a minor water theme for today. My all-time favorite Laker is Jerry …Read more

Here’s the weekly update from the California Department of Water Resources. The storage in Oroville continues to increase, but ever so slightly in the past week. We should begin to see a decline by next week, and that should continue …Read more

In a few recent blogs, I have lamented that some of our water quality requirements (Disinfection By-Products, Chloride, etc.) seem disproportionately strict. So what is important, and what should we be strict about? On top of the list is Biochemical …Read more

“How safe is my drinking water?” That is probably the second-most-asked question I encounter, following only “Are we running out of water?” Today, we examine the former question from a different perspective – that of the relative safety of one …Read more

The news continues to improve on the water storage front. Today’s update from the California Department of Water Resources shows a nice jump in storage over the past week at Lake Oroville, the largest component of storage in the State …Read more

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I just flipped the page on my calendar to August and realized that our Fall Semester is starting in three weeks! I better get my act together! And so should you. If you need continuing education/contact hours, or to take …Read more

Can you believe it is August already? That means our Fall Semester at Santiago Canyon College is right around the corner. Classes begin on August 27, and registration is now open. So let’s take a look at what we are …Read more

Happy New Year from MOST! And what will you be doing this year to advance your career in the Water industry? How about taking a course during the Spring Semester at Santiago Canyon College. We are offering thirteen full-semester courses, …Read more